Canada



S. MATSUSAKI.

HANDBAG.

APPLICATION FILED oEc.13, 1919'.

1 ,362,884, Patented Dec. 21, `1920'.

fili..."

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HANDBAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deo. 21, 1920.

Application Iled December 13, 1919. Serial No. 344,587.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, SANJIRo Mivrsnseiii, a subjectof the Emperor ofJapan` and a resident or' the city oi Vancouver, in the Province ofBritish Columbia, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Handbags, ot which the following a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in handbafaa and the object ot myinvention is to devise a bag of this character the capacity or which maybe restricted at will so that it may he rendered very convenient andneat appearing when the full capacity ot' the bag is not required andwhich may also be folded up into small bulk 'for carrying in a pocket orother receptacle it desired.

l attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a view of the bag opened to Afull size.

F :2 is a view of the 'bag restricted to reduce its capacity.

Fig. I; is a view' showing how the bag may be folded.

imilar iigures oi' reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

The hug consists of two upper end bars, indicated generally by thenumerals 1 and tlexihly connected together at their op p'osite ends,from Which bars depends the mesh 3 which forms the bag or receptacleproper. This receptacle, may, however, be made o l1' any suitablematerial. rl'hreaded through the mesh at the lower end of the heg is adraw string el, from Which it Will he readily seen that the lower end ofthe bag may he drawn together, as shown in Fig. 2 reducing its capacityconsiderably, and, after lcnhtting the draw string, may be used to carrysmaller' parcels While at the same time presenting a very neatappearance.

The bars 1 and 2 are provided With suitable handles 5 and 6, and Whilethese bars may be each made in one piece it is preferable to make themin tvvo pieces, 7-8 and 9-10 respectively, and flexibly connect thesepieces together so that should it be desired to told the bag into smallbulk all that is 'necessary is to fold the pieces 7-9 on to the piecesS-lO and then Wrap the mesh Work around the bars and the handles,.thusforming a small compact parcel which may be readily carried in thepocket. `When it is desired to use the bag the bars are straight! enedout, bringing the bag back again into the form shown in either F ig. 1or Fig. 2. The handles 5 and 6 are flexibly connected to the bars byrings 1l and the length of the connection is such as will permit of thefolding ot the bars as described.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a simple,inexpensive, convenient and neat handbag.

lVhat l claim as my invention is A hand bag comprising a frame includinga pair of normally parallel side members each comprising a pair of barsdisposed end to end in the same vertical plane and havingthe inner endsthereof flexibly connected together and the outer ends thereof tlexiblyconnected to the corresponding ends of the opposing pair of bars? thearrangement being such as to permit the opposing bars at one end of' thetrame to be folded to lie flatly against the Opposing bars at theopposite end oi' the frame, and a hand bag` having the mouth portionthereof attached to said bars.

Dated at Vancouver of December, 1919.

SANJIRO MATSUSAKI.

B. C. this 2nd day

